Regional sports writer who befriended Alex Higgins publishes memoirs to mark 80th birthday
A former regional press sports journalists who struck up a friendship with late snooker star Alex ‘The Hurricane’ Higgins has released…
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Express & Star campaign brings about law change banning ‘zombie knives’ from UK
A successful newspaper campaign, run in partnership with police, has led to the law being changed to see so-called “zombie knives”…
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Cancer victim’s mother reveals distress caused by inaccurate newspaper story saying she had the disease herself
Jane Sutton, mother of teenage cancer victim Stephen whose plight made national news, has spoken out after a regional daily…
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A front page story in the Express and Star today mistakenly reported that the mother of teenage cancer victim Stephen…
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Four Midland News Association sub-editors volunteer for redundancy
Four sub-editors at Midland News Association have taken voluntary redundancy. MNA, which publishes the Wolverhampton Express and Star, confirmed last…
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Midland News Association is considering making a "small number" of sub-editor redundancies as part of an effort to improve efficiency.…
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Express and Star editor: Overnight production switch means less national, but more local news
The Express and Star, the UK’s biggest regional newspaper, has switched to overnight production. The change means the paper’s presses…
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Editor of UK’s top-selling regional daily says metered paywall is best website model
The UK’s biggest selling regional newspaper is looking into adopting a metered paywall for online readers. Wolverhampton Express and Star…
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